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From: joffe%rtsmv1.decnet@edwards-vax.af.mil
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Graphics process startup
Message-ID: <1991Jun18.141812.1%rtsmv1.decnet@edwards-vax.af.mil>
Date: 18 Jun 91 22:18:12 GMT
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	Does anyone know how I can start up a graphics process on a 4D
system at power up?  The IRIS is used to run the out the window scene for
a flight simulator and is dedicated to this process. 

	I tried creating a script in /etc/init.d and linking it to /etc/rc2.d
but this did not start the process running.

	I also would like to be able to start the process from a login 
script. I have been able to do this rather unsuccessfully since there is a
flashing window behind the graphics scene which I cannot get rid of. If I start
the process manually from the console window I do not have this problem. How
can I direct the login script to start the process from the console window?

	Thanks in advance for your help.

				--Howard